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A researcher's prescription for better health care: A dose of humility for doctors, nurses and clinicians

  • Written by Barret Michalec, Research Associate Professor of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University
imageHumility among health care providers can help prevent burnout.Cecilie Arcurs/E+ via Getty Images

Better health care for patients begins with humility – a term not often associated with medicine.

I witnessed displays of humility firsthand eight years ago, the night my son was born, in the way the doctor and doula worked together to deliver our...

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